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Interest-free loans granted to 45 senior sailors
Under the visionary concept of the Commander of the Navy, the 3rd phase of granting interest free loans, worth Rs. 500,000/= each, was held at the Welisara Naval Complex under the patronage of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne and the President of the Navy Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Yamuna Wijegunaratne on 4th March 2016....
2016-03-04
Navy apprehends 8 persons engaged in illegal activities
Naval troops attached to SLNS Therapuththa in Mannar, apprehended 3 Sri Lankan fishermen along with a Fiber Glass Dinghy while engaging in illegal fishing in the waters of Silawathura on 2nd March 2016. ...
2016-03-04
Navy arrests 7 fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijayaba arrested 7 fishermen, along with 2 Fiber Glass Dinghies, 12 oxygen cylinders, 3 diving masks, 3 pairs of diving fins and 3 fishing nets (Athangu), at restricted area off Pigeon Island Sanctuary in Nilaweli. ...
2016-03-04
The Commander of the Ship Squadron of Russian Navy Ship ‘Epron’ calls on the Commander of the Navy
The Commander of the Ship Squadron of Russian Naval Ship “Epron”, Captain 1st Rank Sergey V. Ignatov, accompanied by the ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain 3rd Rank Denis A....
2016-03-03
Russian Rescue Vessel “Epron” arrives at the Port of Colombo
Russian Rescue Vessel “Epron”, arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on 03rd March 2016. The ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions on her arrival. ...
2016-03-03
Eight Indian fishermen arrested in northern seas
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest eight Indian fishermen along with two Indian fishing dhows poaching in Sri Lankan waters North West of Kovilan Point in Kareinagar on 2nd March 2016. ...
2016-03-03
The Navy donates a three wheeler for the parent of a disabled child
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne donated a three wheeler, from the “Naval Social Responsibility Fund”, to Leading Seaman Sunanda Jayalath a sailor who is attached to SLNS Pandukabaya, today (2) at the Naval Headquarters....
2016-03-02
The Commander of the Navy attends the inter-house sports meet of Defence Service College as a guest
The inter-house sports meet of Defence Service College, in Kurunegala was held today (01) with the precedence of the State Minister of Defence Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene. ...
2016-03-02
The navy apprehends two persons with Kerala Cannabis
Naval troops attached to SLNS Gajaba of North Central Naval Command apprehended 2 persons while transferring 2.7 Kg of Kerala cannabis in Elluththur, Mannar on 29th February 2016....
2016-03-01
SLN facilitates Palaithivu Church Festival
Sri Lanka Navy facilitated the conduct of the annual festival of the St. Anthony’s Church located on the Palaithivu Island. The main mass was conducted by Vicar General of the Jaffna Roman Catholic Diocese....
2016-02-29
Navy renders assistance in electrification of Eluvaitivu Island
Naval personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command, rendered assistance to transport concrete lamp posts to Eluvaitivu Island at a request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board. ...
2016-02-29
Navy grants one million as death compensation
The Sri Lanka Navy donated one million rupees as death compensation under the Navy's healthcare scheme, "Naviru Saviya," to the wife of the late Mechanical Engineering Mate M Amarasekara of the Civil Engineering Branch recruited under the Volunteer Special Scheme. ...
2016-02-29
The navy assists to transfer a critically ill fisherman ashore
The Sri Lanka Navy today (27) assisted the Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources to transfer a critically ill fisherman who went on fishing on 17 this month on a multi - day fishing trawler from the Negombo fisheries harbor. ...
2016-02-28
SLN organizes its first ever International Logistics Conference in Trincomalee
Logistic Conference 2016 organized by the Sri Lanka Navy on the theme of “Contemporary Logistics Management: Challenges and Opportunities” was held on 26th February 2016 at the Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda Auditorium in Trincomalee....
2016-02-27
Navy builds a Reverse Osmosis plant at Rangiri Ulpath Viharaya in Gomarankadawala
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne declared open a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant, built by the Navy for community use at Ranagiri Ulpath Viharaya in Gomarankadawala Yesterday (26)....
2016-02-27
